PHOTOS TO DRAWINGS
To give you more of an idea of my process: here are some photos becoming drawings!
The artwork on the home page was created using mostly old/found reference, plus a few of my own photographs.
One of the found references was this shot: Members of the Rajneespuram Community in Oregon, 1982, practicing Dynamic Meditation. (Photo by Rob Crandall, which i bought from Alamy.)
...And here are my drawings from the scene.
Several of these characters appear in the home page artwork - rearranged and altered in various ways. I enjoy working like that, but i want this new series to be different - I want to build it with photos of you.
Here are some examples of my own photos, translated into drawings.
All of these shots were set up according to the guide on the SETTING UP page.
First things first - my selfies:
There are few things to learn here:
- These are screen shots from a video i took on my phone, so the quality sucks - but that doesn't matter when it comes to drawing!
- Light coloured clothes are easier to draw.
- This is how roughly tattoos will be drawn.
- Simple poses are great, but ridiculous poses make fun drawings. Send both, if you like.
This set features my friends Gaby & Rachel:
These are just the first few poses we tried... there are so many possibilities when it comes to poses in pairs or groups - the vibe is up to you, take it as far as you want!
Here are some shots i took of my studio mate Ego.
The 2nd & 3rd are an example of shooting the same pose from a slightly different angle - then seeing what works best as a drawing.
For this set, I got some shots of my partner Maddy with our dog Nala:
You may be aware that getting animals to pose for photos is not easy.
But - their unpredictable movements can make for dynamic drawings.
Here is Nala again, and some of my other favourite dogs, Inca and Murphy.
When you're shooting animals, you can be a bit looser with the perspective - i didn't set up properly for these, i took them on the fly. But i did take a few shots each time, which helps. If you want to do the same, feel free to send me multiple pics to choose from.
I'm excited by the idea of creating a much, much bigger artwork inspired by all of you.
Here's what happens when I start to put it all together.
If everyone is photographed from roughly the same perspective, then i can build a scene where everyone exists on the same plane. And that's where it starts to get really fun.